Cask No. 93.69

Props for a Hammer film

Campbeltown

The nose starts with dried dates and figs, polished wood, leather and hand-made Iranian carpets (a Middle Eastern market?) Eventually finding other fruits (apricots, stewed plums, baked apple) and sweet coconut (like Peshawari naan) definitely Eastern, exotic and alluring. The palate combines deep sweetness (malt extract, syrup of figs, muscovado) with lots of wood, spice cupboard warmth (turmeric, garam masala), tree-bark and eucalyptus. The reduced nose finds black rococo tulips, liquorice, leather and Fernet Branca (props for a Hammer film perhaps). The palate has manuka honey, black tea, All-bran and Demerara crunch now sweeter and lip-smackingly more-ish a serendipitous discovery.

Drinking tip: After dinner with espresso.

Colour: Amber
Cask: Second-fill Oloroso butt
Age: 14 years
Date distilled: April 2002
Alcohol: 59.5%
USA allocation: 114 bottles